Andrew Lloyd Webber prays for WiFi in every church

Composer and theatre don Andrew Lloyd Webber wants every church in England to be kitted out with wireless broadband.

Praising the efforts of Norfolk-based WiSpire project – which uses church spires as ad hoc masts for wireless broadband – Lord Lloyd ‘World Wide’ Webber called for other dioceses to follow the example set by that of Norwich.

While visiting an Aylsham church to film an episode of Songs of Praise, Webber said: “I co-founded the Open Churches Trust 25 years ago to help keep churches open. The best way to keep a church open is to have it used. This is so thrilling; Aylsham is a hub attracting people to the church in different ways. It is vitally important to roll out WiFi into churches across the country and it’s a win-win situation, also solving rural broadband problems.”